Pilot for RoboKind Phonics

• Open in a Web Brower RoboKind App Preview

• Tap “Ready to Go”

• Tap “Teacher”

• Log In with Email and Password

• Look at the top of the Lesson Selection Page for the Join Code.

• Open in a Web Brower RoboKind App Preview

• Tap “Ready to Go”

• Tap “Student”

• Enter the Join Code

• Choose Name from a List

• Select one of the students- do not select demo. In future versions, the demo is used to connect to the projector or interactive whiteboard. More information to come later.

• The student will see their name displayed

• On the Teacher Side, students will have a green dot and be listed under connected when they have completed the steps previously listed.

  

• Tap the dropdown arrow next to the lesson to select a lesson

• There are 3 Lessons to Explore (R, U, Sh)

• Review the Lesson Information:

  • 1. Summary

  • 2. Objectives

  • 3. Standards

• Review the Lesson PDF’s:

  • 1. Lesson Plan

  • 2. Flashcards

  • 3. Reward Coloring Sheet

• On the Teacher Side, students will have a green dot and students will be listed under connected when they are ready to go.

• For the Internal Release ensure one student is connected then tap “Start” Lesson

• Tap “launch” when ready

Teacher’s Directions and Preview of Student View: Lesson steps and directions will appear in the Teacher View. In addition, as the teacher, you can preview the Student View for each step.

Lesson Navigation Tools:

• Thumbnails: (View what is coming next) In later versions hold the thumb to time hop in the lesson- does not work during the assessment)

• Back and New Arrow Buttons: Move student’s view during the lesson.

• Thumbnail Button: In future versions this will hide the thumbnails on the side to display a larger screen if preferred.

• Join Code: The Join Code is conveniently displayed throughout the lesson, in case students need to reconnect or join late.

• End Lesson: End the lesson when needed

Robot Button:

• Our Virtual Avatar is not included yet because it is still being revised. We have made multiple revisions, but we have another one.

• In later versions, tap the robot button to prompt updated Virtual Avatar Teaching Assistant.

• In the lesson plan pdf, look for the robot head icon. When you see this icon, press the robot button to have the Virtual Avatar speak to the students.

Dance Break:

• In later versions, tap the dance break to prompt updated Virtual Avatar to provide students with a brain break when needed.

Please Note: At the Supplemental Phonics for Teacher, we are only including one Virtual Avatar (Jemi), we will not provide a choice at this stage.

Lesson Tips Button:

• Tap the Lesson Tips Button

• This pop-up allows the teacher to tap to hear the pronunciation of the sound.

• Tips about the pronunciation of the target sound are provided.

• There is a scrollbar to expand and view additional information.

Class List Button:

• Tap the Class List Button

• You will see a pop-up of your class list

• When student tap done on a mini-game during a lesson then it will show a checkmark next to their name.

• In later versions, we will show if the students answered the questions correctly or incorrectly when students complete the assessment.

Done and Clear Buttons:

• If students make a mistake during a mini-game they can tap clear.

• When students are done with the mini-game they tap “Done.”

• The “Done” button changes from blue to orange when tapped.

• After the student aps done, the teacher can see a checkmark next to the student name under Class List in Teacher View.

New Mini-Game:

• As a part of this release, we brought forth the new trace the letter road with the car.

New Digital Reward:

• As a part of this release, we brought forth a digital reward jar.

Updated Vowel Valley and Sound Wall:

• We now show all of the sound cards and highlight the key card on the wall.

Updated I-VAKT:

• We added on Interactive Technology Game

• When students' tap on the Interactive Technology Button then students practice using the spinner.

Lesson Assessment Questions:

• We changed it so it is no longer student led (moving on to the next question after the student taps it). Rather, the assessment is teacher led. Students tap the answer to the question. The screen looks gray after they answer.

• In Teacher View, teachers can check class list for completed and incomplete. In the future, teachers can view if students answered questions correctly or incorrectly.

New Letter Trophies:

• At the end of the lesson, students earn a trophy for the lesson.

• In the future (no timeline yet), we are looking to create a trophy reward room for students.

End of Lesson Teacher Survey:

• We have updated the questions at the end of a lesson survey.

• In future versions, the data will be stored. It is not in this build.